Outsiders and openness in the presidential nominating system
By: Andrew E. Busch.
Series: Pitt series in policy and institutional studies
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Nomination -- History.; Presidents -- United States -- Nomination.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: In this timely and insightful book, Andrew Busch examines the relationship of outsiders to the presidential nominating system since the late nineteenth century. Through a series of carefully selected case studies, Busch exposes the nominating apparatus, its changes over time, and its effects on American elections.

He pays particular attention to the nominating "reforms" enacted in the early 1970s, and he studies in depth the campaigns of Estes Kefauver, Barry Goldwater, George Wallace, Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart, Paul Tsongas, Jerry Brown, David Duke, Pat Buchanan, Jesse Jackson, and Ross Perot.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Openness, stability, and the presidential nominating system; title: Movements in the pure convention system; title: The conservative movement and the mixed system; title: The triumph of the "new politics"; title: Post-1972 movements; title: The rise of the unconnected outsiders; title: Outsiderism in the 1990s; title: Conclusion.